BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC

Motion of AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES CORPORATION ) ) ) 

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MOTION OF AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES CORPORATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: Christine R. Deister Executive VP & CFO Jonathan B. Hill, Esq. Dow Lohnes PLLC ···.--";,

Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation W6390 Challenger Drive 1200 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. Suite 800 Suite 203 Appleton, WI 54915-9150

February 11, 2013 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 202/776-2725 jhill@dowlohnes.com Counsel for Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation .-···.

- ,_BEFORETHE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC

Motion of AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES CORPORATION ) ) ) ) ) ) For confidential treatment ofdocuments ) pursuantto Rule 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice ) (Form 4L Schedule B-7) ) Docket OST-04-17457

MOTION OF AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES CORPORATION FOR CONFIDENTIALTREATMENT Pursuant to Rule 12 ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice (14 C.F.R.**~** 302.12), Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation ("Air Wisconsin'') hereby requests confidential treatment of certain information contained in Schedule B-7
-- Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements-- ofAirWisconsin's Form 41 filing for the qumier ending December 31, 2012. This Schedule has been submitted separatelyviathe Department's eSubmit system, marked with a request for confidential treatment pursuantto Rule 12**(~** 302.12). AirWisconsin requests that this databewithheld from public disclosure for a period ofat leastten (I0) years. In suppmiof this request, Air Wisconsin states as follows:

2The Freedom ofInfonnationAct, 5 U.S.C.**~** 552(b)(4), provides that privileged or confidential commercial and financial information obtained from a private person is specifically exempted from the requirements ofpublic disclosure due to its sensitive business nature. 1 The information for which Air Wisconsin requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary commercial and financial information, obtained from Air Wisconsin, a private party, the public release ofwhich would cause substantial competitive and financial injury to Air Wisconsin. Accordingly, the information shouldbe withheld from public disclosure. The information at issue is cost, amortization/depreciation andrealization data relatingto Air Wisconsin's airframes and aircraft engines as ofDecember 31,2012. This information is contained in column 10-12 ofAir Wisconsin's Schedule B-7. (See Index A, attached herewith). The Departmenthas previously determined that the confidential and competitivelysensitive data contained in the B-7 report is entitled to confidential treatment. WHEREFORE, Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation respectfully requests thatthe confidential information contained in Schedule B-7 ofits Form 41 report for the quarter ending December 31, 2012 be withheld from public disclosure for at leastten ( 1 0) years.

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1 Gulf& Western Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F.2d 527,529 (D.C. Cir. 1979). 3INDEX A Listing ofConfidential Information in Air Wisconsin Airways Corporation's Amended Form 41 Filing for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2012

Schedule B-7- Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements: Title/Description Location in Document Number ofPages Cost, Depreciation, Column (10), (11), (12) 1 Realization

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